Mario Final v2.0, the ultimate Super Mario clone for MS-DOS
Earlier this month, a reader got in touch and mentioned that old experiment I did with MARIO.EXE, the Super Mario clone
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General Programming
Exploring MSX-DOS and CP/M on OneChipBook FPGA-powered laptop
The OneChipBook, available on AliExpress for around $200, is a very interesting FPGA-powered laptop with 32MB RAM, a 10-inch 1024×768
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Internet access from Pocket 386 retro laptop using Wemos D1 ESP8266 serial Wifi adapter
Although there is a USB port on the Pocket 386, I seldom use it for file transfer. The device driver,
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Booting straight to Windows 98 on a modern laptop using Kubuntu and 86Box
I had some free time during the weekend and decided to see whether I could configure my Intel Core i7
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Running Windows apps on Xiaomi POCO Pad Android 14 tablet via Winlator
I decided to spend the weekend making full use of my Xiaomi POCO Pad 12″ tablet, which features 8GB of
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Dosbian-X 2.0: Turn your Raspberry Pi into a 486DX emulator
I came across Dosbian-X 2.0, an interesting customized version of Debian 12 that boots straight into DOSbox, one of my
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Open Windows Write (WRI) files on Windows 11 using legacy versions of WordPad
In my previous post a few years ago, I found that CWordPad, a WordPad clone for Windows 98, can open
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Add Docker bash exit prompt to prevent accidental data loss during container preparation
During the development of my Docker container image running on Ubuntu, I often type exit after making changes to my
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Integrating DigiCert Click-to-Sign with InstallShield to sign both setup.exe and bundled MSI file
All apps submitted to the Windows Store must be signed with Authenticode digital signatures, and consequentially must not generate any
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Running macOS Sonoma 14 on VMware
This guide shows you how to configure a usable instance of macOS Sonoma on the latest version of VMware, either
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Connect a Dell Bluetooth keyboard with both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22
A few months ago, I purchased a Dell Bluetooth keyboard for use with my desktop PC, which has both Windows
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Enable syntax highlighting in Nano for Java Server Pages (JSP)
Recently when editing source files on an SSH remote session using nano, I discovered that JSP syntax highlighting is not
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Fixing corrupted Code Integrity Policies (CIP) causing Windows 11 slowness on recently downloaded EXE files
Windows Defender is the first thing that I disable on a new Windows 10 or Windows 11 installations. Despite its
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dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]
UPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here In my previous post I described how
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Emulating EEPROM using flash memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502
One thing I don’t like about the dsPICEE3P (and the PIC32MX) lines is that these devices do not have EEPROM
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